The Columbia Museum of Art is guided by its Core Values: to be inspiring, welcoming, community-centered, playful, and vibrant. We seek a forward-looking Curator who shares these ideals and is committed to helping steward the museum’s expansive art program into the next phase of its history. The successful candidate will help realize the CMA’s vision to be THE beloved art museum in the southeast by dynamically working with its international collections and administering and organizing thought provoking exhibitions that serve our diverse communities. The incoming Curator will lend a fresh perspective on the art program at a pivotal moment in the museum’s history and in celebration of its 75th anniversary in 2025. At this moment, the CMA is poised to build on its long established, community-centered affinity groups that span Black arts and culture, contemporary art, and design. The incoming Curator will work with these communities and help shepherd new ones in line with the CMA’s mission.
The Position: As a significant content creator for the CMA, the Curator aligns exhibitions and programs with organizational goals, strategies, and mission. The CMA staff and board eagerly embrace diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion to contribute to an open environment for the communities we serve. The Curator works collaboratively with CMA staff and leadership to identify, administer, and organize temporary exhibitions; help define and implement fresh presentations of the permanent collection; and actively participate in programming that informs, engages, and expands audiences to position the CMA as a leading fine arts museum.
The Curator reports to the Senior Curator and works within the Division of Art and Learning as part of an experienced team to manage exhibition projects and budgets, research and identify works for acquisition, and network and share in patron cultivation and institutional advancement. With a strong background in art history, the Curator possesses expertise in one or more of the CMA’s major collecting areas (American, Asian, European, and Modern & Contemporary art), and has deep experience with museum procedures and protocols.
Educational Requirements: MA in art history or related field, PhD preferred.
Required Experience: Five (5) or more years of increasingly applied full time curatorial experience.
Job Type: This is a full-time, exempt position. Flexible work weeks, weekends, and evenings as required.
Salary Range: Commensurate with experience that demonstrates proven successes and results: $56,044 - $84,066, plus benefits.
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